Water main work prompts request for conservation on Windward side
Honolulu Board of Water Supply officials are asking Windward Oahu residents from Kahana Valley to Kailua to conserve water until midnight tomorrow.A private contractor, RCI Construction Inc., will be working to connect a new main to an existing line in the Kahana Valley Road area along Kamehameha Highway.
Crew members are expected to close a major water line from Punaluu that feeds Kahaluu, Kaneohe and Kailua.
Officials expect the closure to reduce water availability by more than 50 percent.
In Kahana, a Kaneohe-bound lane along Kamehameha Highway will also be closed from 6 a.m. to about 11 p.m. tomorrow. Motorists should anticipate delays.
HPU graduation ceremony set for Wednesday at Waikiki Shell
Hawaii Pacific University will award nearly 700 degrees at its commencement ceremony Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Waikiki Shell.Retired Lt. General H.C. "Hank" Stackpole (USMC), president of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, will deliver the commencement speech and receive the Fellow of the Pacific Award in recognition of his contribution to Hawaii and higher education.
Three valedictory speakers will also make presentations:
>> Shaun Tateishi, B.A., Communication, will represent on-campus baccalaureate degree programs.
>> Deniz Karacaoglu, M.S., Information Systems, will represent graduate degree programs.
>> Brian K. Thompson, B.S., Computer Science, will represent the military campus degree programs.
'Olelo's voter-ed program welcomed by the state
State Election Officer Dwayne Yoshina says he welcomes a voter-education initiative being launched by 'Olelo Community Television.'Olelo President Lurline McGregor announced yesterday that beginning in June, much of 'Olelo's programming will be devoted to promoting voter participation.
McGregor noted a recent newspaper report that quoted the U.S. Census as saying Hawaii's voter turnout in 2000 was the lowest in the nation.
The initiative will include public-service announcements encouraging people to vote, as well as forums, debates and free airtime for candidates.
The state Office of Elections had requested $200,000 for voter education this election year. But Gov. Ben Cayetano's administration cut the amount to $100,000, and the Legislature approved only $25,000.
Yoshina said his office is pleased to participate with 'Olelo to get more voters to the polls. "We don't have money in our budget for this kind of voter education, and 'Olelo has come to the table and offered this to us. So we're very happy to participate," he said.
City will take bulky items damaged by heavy rain
The city's bulky-item-pickup crews are available to remove large items damaged by Monday's heavy rain.Items to be picked up must be placed at the curb. To request pickups (excluding damaged, abandoned or derelict vehicles), call the following city base yards:
>> Waialua: 637-4759.
>> Laie: 293-5657.
>> Kaneohe: 247-3553.
>> Kailua: 262-4346.
Base yards are open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Pending legislation aims to help pregnant women
Extended health coverage would be provided to uninsured pregnant women under federal legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Neil Abercrombie and supported by the March of Dimes Hawaii Chapter.Connie Brunn, director of program services for the chapter, said it is "especially interested in this issue, as Hawaii is one of only 20 states that currently does not provide presumptive eligibility to pregnant women enrolling in Medicaid (Quest) programs."
Bills pending in Congress would allow states to use federal funds to extend health coverage to pregnant women who meet income guidelines of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Jennifer L. Howse, national March of Dimes president, said the bills would ensure access to health insurance coverage for 99 percent of the country's pregnant women.
Waianae Police Station is closed for renovations
The Waianae Police Station is closed this week for renovations. The work began Monday and is scheduled to be completed by next week. Officers assigned to the Waianae station are working at the Kapolei Police Station during the renovation.
Free pediatric CPR courses being offered
Free pediatric CPR courses will be provided by the American Heart Association of Hawaii during the New Baby Expo 2002 May 18 and 19 at Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.The two-hour courses on May 18 will be at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4: 30 p.m.
On May 19, courses will be at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Learning AHA's CPR Family and Friends Pediatric Course may help participants save lives of infants and small children in emergencies.
The entrance fee for the expo is $3.50. Children age 5 and younger are admitted free.
For more information, call 531-0174.
Program will help those with asthma concerns
In recognition of "Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month," Straub Foundation will present a public program, "Breathe With Ease," from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Ward Warehouse, 2nd floor conference room.Dr. Jeffrey Kam, allergist/asthma specialist at Straub Clinic & Hospital, and other professionals will be available to answer questions.
They will discuss allergy and asthma screening and offer free peak flow meter analysis. A peak flow meter is an asthma "thermometer" that measures air flow, determines severity of asthma and checks response to treatment.
Correct inhaler techniques and tips, free checks of nebulizers to help patients administer medication effectively and allergy-related education displays also will be presented.
Folic acid resource kits available to local clinics
The Hawaii Primary Care Association wants women, particularly those who are pregnant, to know birth defects and risks for heart disease and some cancers can be reduced by taking an adequate amount of folic acid, a B vitamin.The association has received $1,380 from the March of Dimes Hawaii Chapter to ensure that all community health centers have folic acid resource kits.
The centers treat many women who often have high-risk characteristics.
The association wants women to know the importance of folic acid, which can be obtained in a simple, inexpensive multi-vitamin, said Beth Giesting, executive director.
The kits are directed to pre-natal doctors but would also be useful for internal medicine and family practice doctors, she said.
Taking Notice
ACADEMIC HONORS
>> Renee Firing, an eighth-grader at Sacred Hearts Academy, was the third-place winner among 54 finalists in the national Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary's youth essay contest. She was sponsored by VFW Post 1540 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Honolulu.>> Teams from McKinley and Waialua high schools went to the FIRST Robotics National Competition at Disney World in Florida in April. The McKinley team, led by teacher Milton Lau, consists of co-captains Li-Anne Dela Vega and Anne Lam, Brian Do, Matthew Kunita, Long Phan, Anna Li, Ike Nagamine, Kelly Schlow, Ezra Ng, Honda Wong, Mark DeBlois, Michael Owens and Blake Inouye.
The Waialua team, led by teacher Ted Nagata, includes co-captains Lyle Lopez and Kory Ikeda, Ryan Bruno, Joseph Gudoy, Jarvis Iwamoto, Haley Olvey, Terri Lopez, Matthew Menor, Brandon Sakata, Nicholas Serrone, Clifford Sistoso, Ashley Visaya and Stacy Sonan.
>> Dr. Carlos Juarez, a Hawaii Pacific University associate professor of political science and coordinator for international studies, has been made a member of the Fulbright Senior Scholar Program peer review committee.
Dr. Patricia Lange-Otsuka, associate professor of nursing at HPU and coordinator of the graduate nursing program, has been selected to participate as a National Council Licensure Examination item writer, one of 120 nurses across the nation.
Kamehameha Schools freshman Armandina Kaniho placed among the top 26 students in a national prose and poetry competition on Feb. 25, winning special commendation for high achievement.
Freshman Eva Dayton-Smith and senior Adrian Martin were commended in their divisions in the WordMasters Challenge, which tests high school students' ability to analyze emotion, logic and style in prose and poetry.
>> Winners of the Ke Kukui Malamalama 2000-2001 awards are the Rev. Darrow Kanakanui Aiona, Kupuna Malia Carver, Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele and Kahu David Kaupu. They were honored for their outstanding contributions to the education of Hawaiians by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Education Association.
>> Hee-Young (Hilary) Son of Lutheran High School in Honolulu has been named an All-American Scholar by the United States Achievement Academy. She will appear in a yearbook published nationally. The academy selects scholars upon recommendation by teachers, coaches and counselors.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffCENTRAL OAHU Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Wahiawa man, 31, dies after being hit by car
A 31-year-old Wahiawa man died last night when he was struck by a car on Kamehameha Highway near Wheeler Army Airfield.Police said the man was on the roadway just north of the Leilehua Golf Course Road when he was struck by a vehicle heading toward Wahiawa about 9:30 p.m. The man was not in a crosswalk. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are trying to determine whether the man was trying to cross the highway or if he was sitting on the road.
NORTH SHORE
Waialua student arrested in attack on school nurse
Police arrested a 17-year-old Waialua High School student for second-degree assault yesterday for an alleged attack on the school's health-aide nurse.Police said the nurse confiscated a bottle of medicine from the boy and told him to pick it up after school. The boy returned to the health-aide office about 10:40 a.m., twisted the nurse's left arm behind her back and took the medicine, police said. The boy left and was arrested at his home.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Missing man found dead close to his Kekaha home
LIHUE >> A man reported missing Monday was found dead yesterday morning near his Kekaha home. The cause of death of Dallas Adams, 48, is pending results of an autopsy.Adams was last seen Monday morning, when he told his wife he was taking a horseback ride to Polihale State Park or in the mountains. When she returned home from work, the horse had been located but Adams had not returned home.
Big Isle police seek info on Saturday car accident
Big Island police are seeking the public's help in determining the cause of an accident that occurred about 3:50 a.m. Saturday on the Pahoa-Keaau Road.
Puna police said the accident involved a green 1995 Chevrolet Blazer multipurpose vehicle, which ran off the road at about the three-mile marker, struck a telephone pole, overturned and caught fire, pinning one of the two occupants, identified as Shawna Thompson, underneath.
Thompson, 23, of Pahoa, and the other occupant, Vincenso Gilbert, 27, also of Pahoa, were transported to the Hilo Medical Center and later flown to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, where Thompson was reported in critical condition.
Anyone with information about the accident is asked to contact Officer John Weber of the Puna Patrol at 966-5835.
